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By population, Purbo Piplagool ranks #134 of 206 villages in Patharkandi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purbo Piplagool is a village of 655 people in 154 households (Census 2011) in Patharkandi block, Karimganj district, Assam, the 134th-largest of 206 villages in Patharkandi block. Literacy is 42%, 18 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 788725, served by Chandkhira post office; the LGD village code is 300515. The sarpanch is Nomita Goala. The population is estimated at 772 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Putni →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purbo Piplagool · this village | 655 | 42% | — |
| Putni T.E. · Patharkandi | 3,333 | 58% | — |
| Piplagool T.E. · Patharkandi | 840 | 43% | — |
| Paschim Lalkhira Sonakhira · Patharkandi | 695 | 48% | — |
| Champabari Gaon · Patharkandi | 548 | 30% | — |
| Rengbook Tilla · Patharkandi | 527 | 44% | — |
| Purbo Hafanigool · Patharkandi | 360 | 32% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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